Based on an advanced technology, randomly-aligned subwavelength structures（SWSs） were obtained by a metal-nanodot-induced one-step self-masking reactive-ion-etching process on a fused silica surface. Metal-fluoride...Based on an advanced technology, randomly-aligned subwavelength structures（SWSs） were obtained by a metal-nanodot-induced one-step self-masking reactive-ion-etching process on a fused silica surface. Metal-fluoride（mainly ferrous-fluoride） nanodots induce and gather stable fluorocarbon polymer etching inhibitors in the reactive-ion-etching polymers as masks. Metal fluoride（mainly ferrous fluoride） is produced by the sputtering of argon plasma and the ion-enhanced chemical reaction of metal atoms. With an increase in CHF_3/Ar gas flow ratio, the average height of the SWSs increases, the number of SWSs per specific area increases and then decreases, and the optical transmittance of visible light increases and then decreases. The optimum CHF_3/Ar gas flow ratio for preparing SWSs is 1：5.展开更多
Compact passive silicon photonic devices with high performance are always desired for future largescale photonic integration.Inverse design provides a promising approach to realize new-generation photonic devices,whil...Compact passive silicon photonic devices with high performance are always desired for future largescale photonic integration.Inverse design provides a promising approach to realize new-generation photonic devices,while it is still very challenging to realize complex photonic devices for most inverse designs reported previously due to the limits of computational resources.Here,we present the realization of several representative advanced passive silicon photonic devices with complex optimization,including a sixchannel mode(de)multiplexer,a broadband 90 deg hybrid,and a flat-top wavelength demultiplexer.These devices are designed inversely by optimizing a subwavelength grating(SWG)region and the multimode excitation and the multimode interference are manipulated.Particularly,such SWG structures are more fabrication-friendly than those random nanostructures introduced in previous inverse designs.The realized photonic devices have decent performances in a broad bandwidth with a low excess loss of<1 dB,which is much lower than that of previous inverse-designed devices.The present inverse design strategy shows great effectiveness for designing advanced photonic devices with complex requirements(which is beyond the capability of previous inverse designs)by using affordable computational resources.展开更多
This work proposes a novel design for a narrowband filter operating in the mid-wave infrared(MWIR)spectrum.The filter is designed with a single layer of slab waveguide decorated with a layer of gold grating arrays.Thi...This work proposes a novel design for a narrowband filter operating in the mid-wave infrared(MWIR)spectrum.The filter is designed with a single layer of slab waveguide decorated with a layer of gold grating arrays.This design demonstrates superior narrowband transmission properties within the MWIR range,which can be explained in the framework of guided-mode resonance(GMR).Since MWIR spectral data is crucial for identifying the chemical fingerprint of man-made objects and natural materials,the GMR filters hold great potential in integration with commercial MWIR photodetectors and focal plane arrays(FPAs)and addressing the market’s demand for ultra-compact spectral detection solutions.Theoretical studies have investigated the influential parameters in the GMR filter design and provided the methods towards optimal filtering performance.The center wavelength of these transmission filters exhibits significant tunability,spanning from 3μm to 5μm across the MWIR spectrum,while the full width at half maximum(FWHM)exhibits remarkable variability,ranging from 5.7 nm to 101.0 nm,enabling the attainment of desired filter performance contingent upon judicious waveguide material selection and optimized structural design.This work forges a path toward integrating multifunctional capabilities into ultra-compact MWIR sensors.展开更多
In this paper, a novel method of a subwavelength binary simple periodic rectangular structure is presented to realize even beam splitting by combining the rigorous couple-wave analysis with the genetic algorithm. Seve...In this paper, a novel method of a subwavelength binary simple periodic rectangular structure is presented to realize even beam splitting by combining the rigorous couple-wave analysis with the genetic algorithm. Several even splitters in the terahertz region were designed and one of the silicon-based beam splitters designed to separate one incident beam into four emergent beams has total efficiency up to 92.23 %. Zero-order diffraction efficiency was reduced to less than 0.192 % and the error of uniformity decreased to 6.51 9 10-6. These results break the limitation of even beam splitting based on the traditional scalar theory. In addition, the effects of the incident angle, wavelength, as well as the polarizing angle on the diffraction efficiency and uniformity were also investigated.展开更多
A new model is proposed to explain the physical mechanism of the extraordinary transmission enhancement in subwavelength metallic grating.The extraordinary transmission enhancement is described by the co-operation of ...A new model is proposed to explain the physical mechanism of the extraordinary transmission enhancement in subwavelength metallic grating.The extraordinary transmission enhancement is described by the co-operation of Fabry-Perot-like(FPL) resonance and the surface plasmon polariton(SPP) resonance.The rigorous coupled-wave analysis(RCWA) and the finite difference time domain(FDTD) method are employed to illustrate the model by calculating the transmission and the field distributions in the subwavelength metallic grating,respectively.And the numerical calculations show that transmission enhancement is achieved when the coupling resonance of the incident light,the surface plasmon polariton mode and the Fabry-Perot-Like mode is happened,which are in good agreement with the proposed model.展开更多
The integrated waveguide polarizer is essential for photonic integrated circuits,and various designs of waveguide polarizers have been developed.As the demand for dense photonic integration increases rapidly,new strat...The integrated waveguide polarizer is essential for photonic integrated circuits,and various designs of waveguide polarizers have been developed.As the demand for dense photonic integration increases rapidly,new strategies to minimize the device size are needed.In this paper,we have inversely designed an integrated transverse electric pass(TE-pass)polarizer with a footprint of 2.88μm×2.88μm,which is the smallest footprint ever achieved.A direct binary search algorithm is used to inversely design the device for maximizing the transverse electric(TE)transmission while minimizing transverse magnetic(TM)transmission.Finally,the inverse-designed device provides an average insertion loss of 0.99 dB and an average extinction ratio of 33 dB over a wavelength range of 100 nm.展开更多
We propose a novel scheme of optical confinement for atoms by using a concave grating reflector.The two-dimension grating structure with a concave surface shape exhibits strong focusing ability under radially polarize...We propose a novel scheme of optical confinement for atoms by using a concave grating reflector.The two-dimension grating structure with a concave surface shape exhibits strong focusing ability under radially polarized illumination.Especially,the light intensity at the focal point is about 100 times higher than that of the incident light.Such a focusing optical field reflected from the curved grating structure can provide a deep potential to trap cold atoms.We discuss the feasibility of the structure serving as an optical dipole trap.Our results are as follows.（i） Van der Waals attraction potential to the surface of the structure has a low effect on trapped atoms,（ⅱ） The maximum trapping potential is ~1.14 mK in the optical trap,which is high enough to trap cold ^87Rb atoms from a standard magneto-optical trap with a temperature of 120 μK,and the maximum photon scattering rate is lower than 1/s.（ⅲ） Such a microtrap array can also manipulate and control cold molecules,or microscopic particles.展开更多
The surface plasmon resonance gas sensor is presented for refractive index detection using nano-cavity antenna array. The gas sensor monitors the changes of the refractive index by measuring the spectral shift of the ...The surface plasmon resonance gas sensor is presented for refractive index detection using nano-cavity antenna array. The gas sensor monitors the changes of the refractive index by measuring the spectral shift of the resonance dip, for modulating the wavelength of incident light. It is demonstrated that minute changes in the refractive index of a medium close to the surface of a metal film, owing to a shift in the resonance dip of the wavelength, can be detected. The average detection sensitivity is about 3200 nm/RIU （refractive index units）, which is more than twice that of a metal grating-based gas sensor. The reflectivity of the surface plasmon resonance dip is only - 0.03%, and the full widths at half maximum （FWHMs） of bandwidth of the angle and wavelength are - 0.20° and 4.71 nm, respectively.展开更多
It was found out that the change of refractive index of ambient gas can lead to obvious change of the color of Morpho butterfly＇s wing. Such phenomenon has been employed as a sensing principle for detecting gas. In t...It was found out that the change of refractive index of ambient gas can lead to obvious change of the color of Morpho butterfly＇s wing. Such phenomenon has been employed as a sensing principle for detecting gas. In the present study, Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis （RCWA） was described briefly, and the partial derivative of optical reflection efficiency with respect to the refractive index of ambient gas, i.e., sensitivity of the sensor, was derived based on RCWA. A bioinspired grating model was constructed by mimicking the nanostructure on the ground scale of Morpho didius butterfly＇s wing. The analytical sensitivity was verified and the effect of the grating shape on the reflection spectra and its sensitivity were discussed. The results show that by tuning shape parameters of the grating, we can obtain desired reflection spectra and sensitivity, which can be applied to the design of the bioinspired refractive index based gas sensor.展开更多
We theoretically propose a scheme to realize the dynamic control of the properties of the terahertz（THz） rainbow trapping effect（RTE） based on a silicon-filled graded grating（SFGG） in a relatively broad band via...We theoretically propose a scheme to realize the dynamic control of the properties of the terahertz（THz） rainbow trapping effect（RTE） based on a silicon-filled graded grating（SFGG） in a relatively broad band via optical pumping.Through the theoretical analysis and finite-element method simulations, it is conceptually demonstrated that the band of the RTE can be dynamically tuned in a range of -0.06 THz. Furthermore, the SFGG can also be optically switched between a device for the RTE and a waveguide for releasing the trapped waves. The results obtained here may imply applications for the tunable THz plasmonic devices, such as on-chip optical buffers, broad band slow-light systems, and integrated optical filters.展开更多
The radiative properties(absorptance, reflectance, and transmittance) of deep slits with five nanoscale slit profile variations at the transverse magnetic wave incidence were numerically investigated by employing the ...The radiative properties(absorptance, reflectance, and transmittance) of deep slits with five nanoscale slit profile variations at the transverse magnetic wave incidence were numerically investigated by employing the finite difference time domain method. For slits with attached features, their radiative properties can be much different due to the modified cavity geometry and dangled structures, even at wavelengths between 3 and 15 μm. The shifts of cavity resonance excitation result in higher transmittance through narrower slits at specific wavelengths and resonance modes are confirmed with the electromagnetic fields. Opposite roles possibly played by features in increasing or decreasing absorptance are determined by the feature position and demonstrated by Poynting vectors. Correlations among all properties of a representative slit array and the slit density are also comprehensively studied. When multiple slit types coexist in an array(complex slits), a wide-band transmittance or absorptance enhancement is feasible by merging spectral peaks contributed from each type of slits distinctively. Discrepancy among infrared properties of four selected slit combinations is explained while effects of slit density are also discussed.展开更多
We propose an ultra-thin glass film coated with graphene as a new kind of surrounding material which can greatly enhance spontaneous emission rate(SER) of dipole emitter embedded in it. With properly designed paramete...We propose an ultra-thin glass film coated with graphene as a new kind of surrounding material which can greatly enhance spontaneous emission rate(SER) of dipole emitter embedded in it. With properly designed parameters,numerical results show that SER-enhanced factors as high as 1.286 9 106 can be achieved. The influences of glass film thickness and chemical potential/doping level of graphene on spontaneous emission enhancement are also studied in this paper. A comparison is made between graphene and other coating materials such as gold and silver to see their performances in SER enhancement.展开更多
Ultrathin optical interference in a system composed of absorbing material and metal reflector has attracted extensive attention due to its potential application in realizing highly efficient optical absorption by usin...Ultrathin optical interference in a system composed of absorbing material and metal reflector has attracted extensive attention due to its potential application in realizing highly efficient optical absorption by using extremely thin semiconductor material. In this paper, we study the physics behind the high absorption of ultrathin film from the viewpoint of destructive interference and admittance matching, particularly addressing the phase evolution by light propagation and interface reflection. The physical manipulations of the ultrathin interference effect by controlling the substrate material and semiconductor material/thickness are examined. We introduce typical two-dimensional materials — i.e., MoS2and WSe2— as the absorbing layer with thickness below 10 nm, which exhibits ～ 90% absorption in a large range of incident angle(0°～70°). According to the ultrathin interference mechanism, we propose the ultrathin(< 20 nm) MoS2/WSe2heterojunction for photovoltaic application and carefully examine the detailed optoelectronic responses by coupled multiphysics simulation. By comparing the same cells on SiO2substrate, both the short-circuit current density(up to 20 mA/cm~2) and the photoelectric conversion efficiency(up to 9.5%) are found to be increased by ～200%.展开更多
This paper studies a small f-number metallic lens with depth-modulated slits. Slits filled with dielectric between silver plates are designed to produce desired optical phase retardations based on the particular propa...This paper studies a small f-number metallic lens with depth-modulated slits. Slits filled with dielectric between silver plates are designed to produce desired optical phase retardations based on the particular propagation properties of surface plasmon polaritons in nanostructures. Numerical simulation of this structure is performed through the finite- difference time-domain method. Different from the conventional dielectric lens, the metallic lens can be used as a pure phase element without energy loss brought by the light refraction at curved surfaces and total internal reflection. The focusing performance is consequently improved, with larger diffraction efficiency than that of the same shaped dielectric lens.展开更多
High-repetition rate femtosecond lasers are shown to drive heat accumulation processes that are attractive for femtosecond laser-induced subwavelength periodic surface structures on silicon.Femtosecond laser micromach...High-repetition rate femtosecond lasers are shown to drive heat accumulation processes that are attractive for femtosecond laser-induced subwavelength periodic surface structures on silicon.Femtosecond laser micromachining is no longer a nonthermal process,as long as the repetition rate reaches up to 100 kHz due to heat accumulation.Moreover,a higher repetition rate generates much better defined ripple structures on the silicon surface,based on the fact that accumulated heat raises lattice temperature to the melting point of silicon(1687 K),with more intense surface plasmons excited simultaneously.Comparison of the surface morphology on repetition rate and on the overlapping rate confirms that repetition rate and pulse overlapping rate are two competing factors that are responsible for the period of ripple structures.Ripple period drifts longer because of a higher repetition rate due to increasing electron density;however,the period of laser structured surface is significantly reduced with the pulse overlapping rate.The Maxwell–Garnett effect is confirmed to account for the ripple period-decreasing trend with the pulse overlapping rate.展开更多
A tcrahcrtz （THz） broadband polarizer using bilayer subwavelength metal wire-grid structure on both sides of polyimide fihn is simulated by the finite-difference time-domain method. We amdyze tile effect of film thi...A tcrahcrtz （THz） broadband polarizer using bilayer subwavelength metal wire-grid structure on both sides of polyimide fihn is simulated by the finite-difference time-domain method. We amdyze tile effect of film thickness, material loss, and lateral shift between two metallic gratings on the performance of the THz polarizer. Bilayer wire-grid polarizers are fabricated by a simple way of laser induced and non-electrolytic plating with copper. The THz time-domain spectroscopy measurements show that in 0.2 1.6 THz frequency range, the extinction ratio is better than 45 dB, the average extinction ratio reaches 53 dB, and the transmittance exceeds 67%, which shows great advantage over conventional single wire-grid THz polarizer.展开更多
Surface-enhanced spectroscopy technology based on metamaterials has flourished in recent years,and the use of artificially designed subwavelength structures can effectively regulate light waves and electromagnetic fie...Surface-enhanced spectroscopy technology based on metamaterials has flourished in recent years,and the use of artificially designed subwavelength structures can effectively regulate light waves and electromagnetic fields,making it a valuable platform for sensing applications.With the continuous improvement of theory,several effective universal modes of metamaterials have gradually formed,including localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR),Mie resonance,bound states in the continuum(BIC),and Fano resonance.This review begins by summarizing these core resonance mechanisms,followed by a comprehensive overview of six main surface-enhanced spectroscopy techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum:surface-enhanced fluorescence(SEF),surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS),surface-enhanced infrared absorption(SEIRA),terahertz(THz)sensing,refractive index(RI)sensing,and chiral sensing.These techniques cover a wide spectral range and address various optical characteristics,enabling the detection of molecular fingerprints,structural chirality,and refractive index changes.Additionally,this review summarized the combined use of different enhanced spectra,the integration with other advanced technologies,and the status of miniaturized metamaterial systems.Finally,we assess current challenges and future directions.Looking to the future,we anticipate that metamaterial-based surface-enhanced spectroscopy will play a transformative role in real-time,onsite detection across scientific,environmental,and biomedical fields.展开更多
The lossy nature of plasmonic wave due to absorption is shown to become an advantage for scaling-up a large area surface nanotexturing of transparent dielectrics and semiconductors by a self-organized sub-wavelength e...The lossy nature of plasmonic wave due to absorption is shown to become an advantage for scaling-up a large area surface nanotexturing of transparent dielectrics and semiconductors by a self-organized sub-wavelength energy deposition leading to an ablation pattern—ripples—using this plasmonic nano-printing.Irreversible nanoscale modifications are delivered by surface plasmon polariton(SPP)using:(i)fast scan and(ii)cylindrical focusing of femtosecond laser pulses for a high patterning throughput.The mechanism of ripple formation on ZnS dielectric is experimentally proven to occur via surface wave at the substrate–plasma interface.The line focusing increase the ordering quality of ripples and facilitates fabrication over wafer-sized areas within a practical time span.Nanoprinting using SPP is expected to open new applications in photo-catalysis,tribology,and solar light harvesting via localized energy deposition rather scattering used in photonic and sensing applications based on re-scattering of SPP modes into far-field modes.展开更多
In modern science and technology,on-demand control of the polarization and wavefront of electromagnetic(EM)waves is crucial for compact opto-electronic systems.Metasurfaces composed of subwavelength array structures i...In modern science and technology,on-demand control of the polarization and wavefront of electromagnetic(EM)waves is crucial for compact opto-electronic systems.Metasurfaces composed of subwavelength array structures inject infinite vitality to shape this fantastic concept,which has fundamentally changed the way humans engineer matter–wave interactions.However,achieving full-space arbitrarily polarized beams with independent wavefronts in broadband on a single metasurface aperture still remains challenging.Herein,the authors propose a generic method for broadband transmission-reflection-integrated wavefronts shaping with multichannel arbitrary polarization regulation from 8 to 16 GHz,which is based on the chirality effect of full-space non-interleaved tetrameric meta-molecules.Through superimposing eigen-polarization responses of the two kinds of enantiomers,the possibility for high-efficiency evolution of several typical polarization states with specific wavefronts is demonstrated.As proofs-of-concept,the feasibility of our methodology is validated via implementing miscellaneous functionalities,including circularly polarized(CP)beam splitting,linearly polarized(LP)vortex beams generation,and CP and LP multifoci.Meanwhile,numerous simulated and experimental results are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.Encouragingly,this proposed approach imaginatively merges broadband polarization and phase control into one single full-space and shared-aperture EM device,which can extremely enhance the functional richness and information capacity in advanced integrated systems.展开更多
In-plane birefringent materials present an effective modulation of the optical properties and more degrees of freedom for the signal detection in low dimension,and thus remain a hot topic in realizing the integrated,m...In-plane birefringent materials present an effective modulation of the optical properties and more degrees of freedom for the signal detection in low dimension,and thus remain a hot topic in realizing the integrated,miniature,and flexible devices for multiple applications.Here,the artificial in-plane birefringence properties have been successfully achieved on a graphene oxide film by a novel femtosecond laser lithography method,which provides a high-speed,large-area,and regular subwavelength gratings(~380 nm)fabrication and photoreduction.The obtained sample manifests an evident optical birefringence(~0.18)and anisotropic photoresponse(~1.21)in the visible range,both of which can be significantly modulated by either the structural morphology or the degree of oxide reduction.Based on the analysis of effective-medium theory and measurements of angle-resolved polarized Raman spectroscopy,the artificial in-plane birefringence is originated from various optical responses of the periodic subwavelength structures for the incident light with different polarization states.This technique shows great advantages for the fabrication of integrated in-plane polarization-dependent devices,which is expected to solve the problems in this field,such as the deficient selection of materials,complex design of micro/nanostructure,and inflexible processing technology.展开更多
基金Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61705204 and 51606158)the Laser Fusion Research Center Funds for Young Talents(No.LFRC-PD011)
文摘Based on an advanced technology, randomly-aligned subwavelength structures（SWSs） were obtained by a metal-nanodot-induced one-step self-masking reactive-ion-etching process on a fused silica surface. Metal-fluoride（mainly ferrous-fluoride） nanodots induce and gather stable fluorocarbon polymer etching inhibitors in the reactive-ion-etching polymers as masks. Metal fluoride（mainly ferrous fluoride） is produced by the sputtering of argon plasma and the ion-enhanced chemical reaction of metal atoms. With an increase in CHF_3/Ar gas flow ratio, the average height of the SWSs increases, the number of SWSs per specific area increases and then decreases, and the optical transmittance of visible light increases and then decreases. The optimum CHF_3/Ar gas flow ratio for preparing SWSs is 1：5.
基金supported by the National Major Research and Development Program(Grant No.2018YFB2200200)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.61725503)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62175216,61961146003,91950205)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.LR22F050001)The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesThe Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(Grant No.2021R01001).
文摘Compact passive silicon photonic devices with high performance are always desired for future largescale photonic integration.Inverse design provides a promising approach to realize new-generation photonic devices,while it is still very challenging to realize complex photonic devices for most inverse designs reported previously due to the limits of computational resources.Here,we present the realization of several representative advanced passive silicon photonic devices with complex optimization,including a sixchannel mode(de)multiplexer,a broadband 90 deg hybrid,and a flat-top wavelength demultiplexer.These devices are designed inversely by optimizing a subwavelength grating(SWG)region and the multimode excitation and the multimode interference are manipulated.Particularly,such SWG structures are more fabrication-friendly than those random nanostructures introduced in previous inverse designs.The realized photonic devices have decent performances in a broad bandwidth with a low excess loss of<1 dB,which is much lower than that of previous inverse-designed devices.The present inverse design strategy shows great effectiveness for designing advanced photonic devices with complex requirements(which is beyond the capability of previous inverse designs)by using affordable computational resources.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2019YFB2203400the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61974014.
文摘This work proposes a novel design for a narrowband filter operating in the mid-wave infrared(MWIR)spectrum.The filter is designed with a single layer of slab waveguide decorated with a layer of gold grating arrays.This design demonstrates superior narrowband transmission properties within the MWIR range,which can be explained in the framework of guided-mode resonance(GMR).Since MWIR spectral data is crucial for identifying the chemical fingerprint of man-made objects and natural materials,the GMR filters hold great potential in integration with commercial MWIR photodetectors and focal plane arrays(FPAs)and addressing the market’s demand for ultra-compact spectral detection solutions.Theoretical studies have investigated the influential parameters in the GMR filter design and provided the methods towards optimal filtering performance.The center wavelength of these transmission filters exhibits significant tunability,spanning from 3μm to 5μm across the MWIR spectrum,while the full width at half maximum(FWHM)exhibits remarkable variability,ranging from 5.7 nm to 101.0 nm,enabling the attainment of desired filter performance contingent upon judicious waveguide material selection and optimized structural design.This work forges a path toward integrating multifunctional capabilities into ultra-compact MWIR sensors.
基金supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61275167,60878036and 60178023)the Basic Research Project of Shenzhen(Nos.JCYJ20130329103020637,JCYJ20120613112628842,JCYJ20140418095735591 and JC201005280533A)
文摘In this paper, a novel method of a subwavelength binary simple periodic rectangular structure is presented to realize even beam splitting by combining the rigorous couple-wave analysis with the genetic algorithm. Several even splitters in the terahertz region were designed and one of the silicon-based beam splitters designed to separate one incident beam into four emergent beams has total efficiency up to 92.23 %. Zero-order diffraction efficiency was reduced to less than 0.192 % and the error of uniformity decreased to 6.51 9 10-6. These results break the limitation of even beam splitting based on the traditional scalar theory. In addition, the effects of the incident angle, wavelength, as well as the polarizing angle on the diffraction efficiency and uniformity were also investigated.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.60977048 and 61078046the International Collaboration Program of Ningbo under Grant No.2010D10018the International Joint Projects CNR/CAS Agreement and the K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University,China
文摘A new model is proposed to explain the physical mechanism of the extraordinary transmission enhancement in subwavelength metallic grating.The extraordinary transmission enhancement is described by the co-operation of Fabry-Perot-like(FPL) resonance and the surface plasmon polariton(SPP) resonance.The rigorous coupled-wave analysis(RCWA) and the finite difference time domain(FDTD) method are employed to illustrate the model by calculating the transmission and the field distributions in the subwavelength metallic grating,respectively.And the numerical calculations show that transmission enhancement is achieved when the coupling resonance of the incident light,the surface plasmon polariton mode and the Fabry-Perot-Like mode is happened,which are in good agreement with the proposed model.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62175076,62105028,62475085)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China(Nos.2024AFA016,2024AFB612)the Open Project Program of Hubei Optical Fundamental Research Center.
文摘The integrated waveguide polarizer is essential for photonic integrated circuits,and various designs of waveguide polarizers have been developed.As the demand for dense photonic integration increases rapidly,new strategies to minimize the device size are needed.In this paper,we have inversely designed an integrated transverse electric pass(TE-pass)polarizer with a footprint of 2.88μm×2.88μm,which is the smallest footprint ever achieved.A direct binary search algorithm is used to inversely design the device for maximizing the transverse electric(TE)transmission while minimizing transverse magnetic(TM)transmission.Finally,the inverse-designed device provides an average insertion loss of 0.99 dB and an average extinction ratio of 33 dB over a wavelength range of 100 nm.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11374100,91536218,and 11274114)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality,China(Grant No.13ZR1412800)
文摘We propose a novel scheme of optical confinement for atoms by using a concave grating reflector.The two-dimension grating structure with a concave surface shape exhibits strong focusing ability under radially polarized illumination.Especially,the light intensity at the focal point is about 100 times higher than that of the incident light.Such a focusing optical field reflected from the curved grating structure can provide a deep potential to trap cold atoms.We discuss the feasibility of the structure serving as an optical dipole trap.Our results are as follows.（i） Van der Waals attraction potential to the surface of the structure has a low effect on trapped atoms,（ⅱ） The maximum trapping potential is ~1.14 mK in the optical trap,which is high enough to trap cold ^87Rb atoms from a standard magneto-optical trap with a temperature of 120 μK,and the maximum photon scattering rate is lower than 1/s.（ⅲ） Such a microtrap array can also manipulate and control cold molecules,or microscopic particles.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing Science and Technology Program,China (Grant No. CSTC,2010BB2352)the Fund of Chongqing Education Committee (Grant No. KJ121224)
文摘The surface plasmon resonance gas sensor is presented for refractive index detection using nano-cavity antenna array. The gas sensor monitors the changes of the refractive index by measuring the spectral shift of the resonance dip, for modulating the wavelength of incident light. It is demonstrated that minute changes in the refractive index of a medium close to the surface of a metal film, owing to a shift in the resonance dip of the wavelength, can be detected. The average detection sensitivity is about 3200 nm/RIU （refractive index units）, which is more than twice that of a metal grating-based gas sensor. The reflectivity of the surface plasmon resonance dip is only - 0.03%, and the full widths at half maximum （FWHMs） of bandwidth of the angle and wavelength are - 0.20° and 4.71 nm, respectively.
文摘It was found out that the change of refractive index of ambient gas can lead to obvious change of the color of Morpho butterfly＇s wing. Such phenomenon has been employed as a sensing principle for detecting gas. In the present study, Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis （RCWA） was described briefly, and the partial derivative of optical reflection efficiency with respect to the refractive index of ambient gas, i.e., sensitivity of the sensor, was derived based on RCWA. A bioinspired grating model was constructed by mimicking the nanostructure on the ground scale of Morpho didius butterfly＇s wing. The analytical sensitivity was verified and the effect of the grating shape on the reflection spectra and its sensitivity were discussed. The results show that by tuning shape parameters of the grating, we can obtain desired reflection spectra and sensitivity, which can be applied to the design of the bioinspired refractive index based gas sensor.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11304272 and 11574319)the Applied Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province,China(Grant No.2013FD003)the Young Backbone Teachers Training Program of Yunnan University,Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2011YQ130018)
文摘We theoretically propose a scheme to realize the dynamic control of the properties of the terahertz（THz） rainbow trapping effect（RTE） based on a silicon-filled graded grating（SFGG） in a relatively broad band via optical pumping.Through the theoretical analysis and finite-element method simulations, it is conceptually demonstrated that the band of the RTE can be dynamically tuned in a range of -0.06 THz. Furthermore, the SFGG can also be optically switched between a device for the RTE and a waveguide for releasing the trapped waves. The results obtained here may imply applications for the tunable THz plasmonic devices, such as on-chip optical buffers, broad band slow-light systems, and integrated optical filters.
基金Project(N130402006)supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject(51476024)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The radiative properties(absorptance, reflectance, and transmittance) of deep slits with five nanoscale slit profile variations at the transverse magnetic wave incidence were numerically investigated by employing the finite difference time domain method. For slits with attached features, their radiative properties can be much different due to the modified cavity geometry and dangled structures, even at wavelengths between 3 and 15 μm. The shifts of cavity resonance excitation result in higher transmittance through narrower slits at specific wavelengths and resonance modes are confirmed with the electromagnetic fields. Opposite roles possibly played by features in increasing or decreasing absorptance are determined by the feature position and demonstrated by Poynting vectors. Correlations among all properties of a representative slit array and the slit density are also comprehensively studied. When multiple slit types coexist in an array(complex slits), a wide-band transmittance or absorptance enhancement is feasible by merging spectral peaks contributed from each type of slits distinctively. Discrepancy among infrared properties of four selected slit combinations is explained while effects of slit density are also discussed.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61177056)the Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project,Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.708038)
文摘We propose an ultra-thin glass film coated with graphene as a new kind of surrounding material which can greatly enhance spontaneous emission rate(SER) of dipole emitter embedded in it. With properly designed parameters,numerical results show that SER-enhanced factors as high as 1.286 9 106 can be achieved. The influences of glass film thickness and chemical potential/doping level of graphene on spontaneous emission enhancement are also studied in this paper. A comparison is made between graphene and other coating materials such as gold and silver to see their performances in SER enhancement.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61675142 and 61875143)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(Grant No.BK20140359)+2 种基金the Natural Science Research Project of the Higher Educational Institutions of Jiangsu Province,China(Grant No.17KJA480004)the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province,China(Grant No.KYCX17_2027)the Priority Academic Program Development of the Higher Educational Institutions of Jiangsu Province,China
文摘Ultrathin optical interference in a system composed of absorbing material and metal reflector has attracted extensive attention due to its potential application in realizing highly efficient optical absorption by using extremely thin semiconductor material. In this paper, we study the physics behind the high absorption of ultrathin film from the viewpoint of destructive interference and admittance matching, particularly addressing the phase evolution by light propagation and interface reflection. The physical manipulations of the ultrathin interference effect by controlling the substrate material and semiconductor material/thickness are examined. We introduce typical two-dimensional materials — i.e., MoS2and WSe2— as the absorbing layer with thickness below 10 nm, which exhibits ～ 90% absorption in a large range of incident angle(0°～70°). According to the ultrathin interference mechanism, we propose the ultrathin(< 20 nm) MoS2/WSe2heterojunction for photovoltaic application and carefully examine the detailed optoelectronic responses by coupled multiphysics simulation. By comparing the same cells on SiO2substrate, both the short-circuit current density(up to 20 mA/cm~2) and the photoelectric conversion efficiency(up to 9.5%) are found to be increased by ～200%.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB302901)the Foundation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China for the International Collaboration on Scientific Research (Grant No. 2009DFA50620)
文摘This paper studies a small f-number metallic lens with depth-modulated slits. Slits filled with dielectric between silver plates are designed to produce desired optical phase retardations based on the particular propagation properties of surface plasmon polaritons in nanostructures. Numerical simulation of this structure is performed through the finite- difference time-domain method. Different from the conventional dielectric lens, the metallic lens can be used as a pure phase element without energy loss brought by the light refraction at curved surfaces and total internal reflection. The focusing performance is consequently improved, with larger diffraction efficiency than that of the same shaped dielectric lens.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52175377 and 12174411)。
文摘High-repetition rate femtosecond lasers are shown to drive heat accumulation processes that are attractive for femtosecond laser-induced subwavelength periodic surface structures on silicon.Femtosecond laser micromachining is no longer a nonthermal process,as long as the repetition rate reaches up to 100 kHz due to heat accumulation.Moreover,a higher repetition rate generates much better defined ripple structures on the silicon surface,based on the fact that accumulated heat raises lattice temperature to the melting point of silicon(1687 K),with more intense surface plasmons excited simultaneously.Comparison of the surface morphology on repetition rate and on the overlapping rate confirms that repetition rate and pulse overlapping rate are two competing factors that are responsible for the period of ripple structures.Ripple period drifts longer because of a higher repetition rate due to increasing electron density;however,the period of laser structured surface is significantly reduced with the pulse overlapping rate.The Maxwell–Garnett effect is confirmed to account for the ripple period-decreasing trend with the pulse overlapping rate.
基金partly supported by the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61377108 and 61107042
文摘A tcrahcrtz （THz） broadband polarizer using bilayer subwavelength metal wire-grid structure on both sides of polyimide fihn is simulated by the finite-difference time-domain method. We amdyze tile effect of film thickness, material loss, and lateral shift between two metallic gratings on the performance of the THz polarizer. Bilayer wire-grid polarizers are fabricated by a simple way of laser induced and non-electrolytic plating with copper. The THz time-domain spectroscopy measurements show that in 0.2 1.6 THz frequency range, the extinction ratio is better than 45 dB, the average extinction ratio reaches 53 dB, and the transmittance exceeds 67%, which shows great advantage over conventional single wire-grid THz polarizer.
基金supported by the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.52075061)the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.U22B2089)+3 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB3205400)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2021YFB2012100)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2024CDJGF-005)the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Chongqing(Grant No.CSTB2022 NSCQJQX0006).
文摘Surface-enhanced spectroscopy technology based on metamaterials has flourished in recent years,and the use of artificially designed subwavelength structures can effectively regulate light waves and electromagnetic fields,making it a valuable platform for sensing applications.With the continuous improvement of theory,several effective universal modes of metamaterials have gradually formed,including localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR),Mie resonance,bound states in the continuum(BIC),and Fano resonance.This review begins by summarizing these core resonance mechanisms,followed by a comprehensive overview of six main surface-enhanced spectroscopy techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum:surface-enhanced fluorescence(SEF),surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS),surface-enhanced infrared absorption(SEIRA),terahertz(THz)sensing,refractive index(RI)sensing,and chiral sensing.These techniques cover a wide spectral range and address various optical characteristics,enabling the detection of molecular fingerprints,structural chirality,and refractive index changes.Additionally,this review summarized the combined use of different enhanced spectra,the integration with other advanced technologies,and the status of miniaturized metamaterial systems.Finally,we assess current challenges and future directions.Looking to the future,we anticipate that metamaterial-based surface-enhanced spectroscopy will play a transformative role in real-time,onsite detection across scientific,environmental,and biomedical fields.
基金support by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB1104600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)61590930,91423102,91323301,and 61435005+1 种基金to Gintas Slekys for the partnership project with Workshop of Photonics Ltd.on industrial femtosecond laser fabricationsupport via ARC Discovery DP170100131 grant。
文摘The lossy nature of plasmonic wave due to absorption is shown to become an advantage for scaling-up a large area surface nanotexturing of transparent dielectrics and semiconductors by a self-organized sub-wavelength energy deposition leading to an ablation pattern—ripples—using this plasmonic nano-printing.Irreversible nanoscale modifications are delivered by surface plasmon polariton(SPP)using:(i)fast scan and(ii)cylindrical focusing of femtosecond laser pulses for a high patterning throughput.The mechanism of ripple formation on ZnS dielectric is experimentally proven to occur via surface wave at the substrate–plasma interface.The line focusing increase the ordering quality of ripples and facilitates fabrication over wafer-sized areas within a practical time span.Nanoprinting using SPP is expected to open new applications in photo-catalysis,tribology,and solar light harvesting via localized energy deposition rather scattering used in photonic and sensing applications based on re-scattering of SPP modes into far-field modes.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(SQ2022YFB3806200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(62301596,62101588)+1 种基金Young Talent Fund of Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi(20240129)Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF(GZC20242285)。
文摘In modern science and technology,on-demand control of the polarization and wavefront of electromagnetic(EM)waves is crucial for compact opto-electronic systems.Metasurfaces composed of subwavelength array structures inject infinite vitality to shape this fantastic concept,which has fundamentally changed the way humans engineer matter–wave interactions.However,achieving full-space arbitrarily polarized beams with independent wavefronts in broadband on a single metasurface aperture still remains challenging.Herein,the authors propose a generic method for broadband transmission-reflection-integrated wavefronts shaping with multichannel arbitrary polarization regulation from 8 to 16 GHz,which is based on the chirality effect of full-space non-interleaved tetrameric meta-molecules.Through superimposing eigen-polarization responses of the two kinds of enantiomers,the possibility for high-efficiency evolution of several typical polarization states with specific wavefronts is demonstrated.As proofs-of-concept,the feasibility of our methodology is validated via implementing miscellaneous functionalities,including circularly polarized(CP)beam splitting,linearly polarized(LP)vortex beams generation,and CP and LP multifoci.Meanwhile,numerous simulated and experimental results are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.Encouragingly,this proposed approach imaginatively merges broadband polarization and phase control into one single full-space and shared-aperture EM device,which can extremely enhance the functional richness and information capacity in advanced integrated systems.
基金The research is financially supported by the K.C.Wong Education Foundation(No.GJTD-2018-08)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91750205,11674178,and 11804334)the Jilin Provincial Science&Technology Development Project(No.20180414019GH)。
文摘In-plane birefringent materials present an effective modulation of the optical properties and more degrees of freedom for the signal detection in low dimension,and thus remain a hot topic in realizing the integrated,miniature,and flexible devices for multiple applications.Here,the artificial in-plane birefringence properties have been successfully achieved on a graphene oxide film by a novel femtosecond laser lithography method,which provides a high-speed,large-area,and regular subwavelength gratings(~380 nm)fabrication and photoreduction.The obtained sample manifests an evident optical birefringence(~0.18)and anisotropic photoresponse(~1.21)in the visible range,both of which can be significantly modulated by either the structural morphology or the degree of oxide reduction.Based on the analysis of effective-medium theory and measurements of angle-resolved polarized Raman spectroscopy,the artificial in-plane birefringence is originated from various optical responses of the periodic subwavelength structures for the incident light with different polarization states.This technique shows great advantages for the fabrication of integrated in-plane polarization-dependent devices,which is expected to solve the problems in this field,such as the deficient selection of materials,complex design of micro/nanostructure,and inflexible processing technology.
